{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003157",
 "municipality": "Richmond",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.richmondcounty.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 070 — Dog Control",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.richmondcounty.ca/council/by-laws/3457-mocr-by-law-070-dog-control/file.html",
   "summary": "Dog Control By-law (#70) of the Municipality of the County of Richmond. Governs dog ownership, licensing, and control.",
   "capture_sha256": "15c0cddcdf42128a0634b4bd988336cba5495b5f19e587f58b76a1ca321d1881",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/15c0cddcdf42128a0634b4bd988336cba5495b5f19e587f58b76a1ca321d1881.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "Owner must keep the dog under control by a harness or leash while off the owner's property; off-property without restraint, or tethered long enough to leave the property, is running at large",
    "fine_range": "not less than $100 and not more than $5,000.00 (default up to 30 days); Schedule A SOTs $100 (most), $1,000 (attack/dangerous), $200 (property damage), $500 (obstruction); doubled/tripled for repeat offences"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "leash_rule": "s. 2.18",
    "fine_range": "s. 16; Schedule A"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/richmond/animal-control/text-15c0cddcdf42/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/richmond/animal-control/"
}